and i don't think congress is going to step into obama's way, but then again, obama is going to own the political result. i mean, the dilemma, when you turn this internationally is, john kerry said the other day, we are not going to own the civil war and we are not going to own a particular outcome in syria. and that's a dilemma. if the united states doesn't own it, no one owns it. if no one owns it, no one's prepared to solve it. and that leave s you with the uncomfortable feeling that will be taken in the coming days, it will not necessarily decisively change the course. >> it also reinforces the notion that in the end, the sole objection of this attack is because the president said that we were going to attack. and it turns out to be its own reward. and many people find that to be very unsettling. >> and it's a reminder that the other piece of memory, maybe not so much for the american public, but certainly for those who are thinking forward to 2016, that president obama becomes president obama, in part because he did take a stand, as a state senator, right, against that initial war